Tewodros II
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Tewodros II was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1855 until his death in 1868. His rule is often placed as the beginning of modern Ethiopia and brought an end to the decentralized Zemene Mesafint.
Tewodros II depicted in Histoire de l'Ethiopie d'Axoum à la révolution
Tewodros II seal
Italian depiction of Ras Kassa c. 1850
Emperor Tewodros II supervising crossing of the Blue Nile
Tekle Giyorgis II
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Tekle Giyorgis II was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1868 to 1871. After being crowned, he linked himself to the last independent emperors of the Gondar line through his mother and sought support from the E
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…with the British and claimed control of the conquered fortress as a reward. Napier much preferred to hand Magdala over to the Christian ruler of Lasta, Wagshum Gobeze, because if Gobeze were in control of the fortress, he would be able to halt the Oromos advance and assume responsibility for over 30,000 Christian…
![Portrait of Tekle Giyorgis II by Théophile Lefebvre [fr] early 1850s](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Emperor_Tekle_Giyorgis_II.jpg/500px-Emperor_Tekle_Giyorgis_II.jpg)
Portrait of Tekle Giyorgis II by Théophile Lefebvre [fr] early 1850s
Castle of Emperor Fasilides at Gondar. Tekle Giyorgis II invested greatly in the restoration of Gondar city and its monuments.